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Beautiful lake, is it man made? nice short video hope all is well.

Im sold! Taking my family hiking here tomorrow!

You need to be careful. There are rattlesnakes and copperhead on that trail. And you need to have someone with you. Always be careful

nice to see you back

Fun day. Epic waterfalls. Waterrock Knob was a great ending to a perfect day.

Fall creek falls is my fav place on earth. ❤❤❤

Awesome video! Being outdoors in any wilderness is 100 times better than being in the city. Can’t wait for the next adventure. Happy trails.

Enjoyed your video of Laurel Falls Trail. And so you have met Arthur :D The hike to Bryan Overlook does include a rock scramble - i think it is fun. The trail is blazed up there - it is a little sketchy in places - especially just before the creek crossing. If there has been a lot of rain that creek can get mid calf or deeper. The view from the top is beautiful. There are 2 views. The first one is easy and on your right. If you follow the narrow trail past it, it will take you out to the other overlook. Happy Trails!

Wes and I so enjoyed meeting you and hiking to the falls with you! Great job on the video, it was fun to relive the hike 👍 We look forward to hiking with you again sometime! 😊

Awesome hike. The new insta360 camera is a nice touch.

Thank you for sharing. Greetings from West Tennessee ❤

What a beautiful hike my friend! Stunning scenery!

Yesss! My favorite local spot!

Amanda, thanks for this. In all my years of school and life in Chattanooga, I never made it to Raccoon Mountain. Not sure why. Now you have given me reason to want to go.

Such a beautiful place to hike Awesome

What are there to do at night in Chattanooga?

Great vid! Loved the kitty!

Amanda, I love FCFSP and this is the best video I have seen that hits all of the highlights. I love Cane Creek too but I have to do the cable trail. My wife says I have a death wish but I remind her how well off she will be when I am gone, thanks to Nationwide. Thanks for your great vlogging.

That was a pretty large mushroom. How long was that candle burning for?

Hey Amanda! I am having a blast going through all of your old videos and seeing so many places that I have been to myself. Don't know if you have been back to either of these two since this one but there is actually a lot more to see at both. At Foster Falls, you can hike alongside the creek at the top, cross over the creek on a metal bridge way upstream of the falls, and come back around to some excellent relatively flat hiking on the other side. Great views of the falls. This is also the southern terminus of the Fiery Gizzard trail, which is an awesome 13+ mile hike from Grundy Forest in Tracy City. At Greeter Falls, two things. Go during the week. During COVID, which is when you must have gone this first time, it became a water park. I can't stand that. But if you can get away during the week, it would be a LOT less crowded. Also, at the top of the falls, where the trail splits for upper and lower Greeter, you many have noticed a sign pointing to Boardtree Falls. It is only about another half mile down the trail and, on a day like this one, it will be flowing big. It is beautiful and there is a bridge across the top. Hardly anyone goes on down there and it is not hard. There are some ups and downs but largely flat in places. And when you get ready to leave, there is a short stair climb up the hill that is a shortcut back to the parking lot. You can actually hike all the way to Stone Door, if you wanted to. All along the rim, relatively flat, about 5 miles or so. Anyway, happy hiking, thanks for the awesome vids, and God bless.

You might be able to take a screenshot of your footage and get Google lens to help you identify that snake mine keeps thinking it's a flatworm or something but then I'm also just snapping a grainy photo off of my TV

Amanda, remember the whole top 5 list thing? This one, the entire hike to Virgin Falls, has always been in my top two. I know y'all did this two years ago so I don't know if you've been back but you need to. And go in the Spring when it has rained recently. Virgin Falls is amazing. Ironically, if you had kept going past Big Laurel, it flattens out for about a mile and gives you somewhat of a break, but the descent comes back significantly before you get to Virgin Falls. It's a total of 1,100' in elevation loss/gain. And it's about 8.5 if you just hike to Virgin Falls. If you add the loop to Sheep Cave and add Martha's Pretty Point, which is beautiful, it totals just under 10 miles. And your question about Big Laurel, I love that type of geology. I am also a caver so I don't have a problem with the sinkholes, unless they happen to be full of debris, LOL! I have always made this a day hike but I really want to overnight it. There are some awesome campsites. Besides the one at the creek crossing, and the one at Big Laurel, there is a big one at Martha's Pretty Point and several at Virgin Falls. Thanks for the great video, as always. I have never hiked out to Welch Overlook but it was beautiful. Very similar view at MPP. Be safe and God bless.

Great videoing, Amanda. I am the same as you in that I keep a running top 5. From the first time I did this hike about 4 years ago, it has stayed in my top 5. Done it a half dozen times now, usually taking a buddy with me, and it isn't old yet. Right along the way, before you turn down the mountain, is Sewanee Natural Bridge. If you haven't checked that out, do it next time you go. Be safe and God bless.

I would love to meet y'all and provide the other vehicle!

Amanda, I love this hike. If you ever decide to do it again, you were right at the Perkins Point overlook. It is not marked. The only way I knew where to look was I downloaded the map from AllTrails. When you came out of the pine forest, you circled left, climbing the ridge a little more towards that rock outcrop that you thought was the overlook. But the trail curves back to the right, then in a couple hundred yards, does a switchback to the left and starts a descent towards Little Possum Creek. It is just before you get to the switchback, off the trail 100' or so to the left. It is not very big, just an unmarked outcrop of rock. But you are looking due west into the western Smokies and the day you did it, you could see all the way to Tellico Plains. I went on to descend the ridge to Little Possum Creek, ascend the ridge on the other side, and in a couple more miles, descend again to cross Little Possum Creek, hike another 1.5 miles, and end up at Immodium Falls. Very beautiful waterfall. If you continue on the trail from Immodium Falls, it's about another 3.5 to 4 miles till you will come to the end at the Retro Hughes Road trailhead, however, there are no more steep climbs. That is a total hike of about 9 miles. But of course I was by myself and didn't stage it as a point-to-point so I had to turn around and hike back to the Heiss Mtn trailhead, over all those darn climbs again. That made the trail just a little over 10 miles. I felt your pain! But I love that trail. Next time, I will do it with someone and we will stage it as a point-to-point. I hate out-and-backs as much as you hate creek crossings.

New York Pizza Company is the best I have had in Chattanooga

Amanda, you are so spot on about the confusion of all of these trails. I have hiked a good bit on Suck Creek Mountain and parts of it are confusing. Thanks to some friends of mine who got VERY turned around up here a few years ago, I did my research before the first time I did this trail. I hiked past Blowing Wind Falls to the junction of the Pot Point Loop, Cumberland Trail, Davis Pond Campground Trail, and the Mullins Loop Trail. I kept going straight for .8 mile to Davis Pond Campground, just to see what it was like. I won't do that again, not that much to it. Came back to the junction, turned north on the combination CT and Mullins Loop Trail to Snoopers Rock, then back to the trailhead on River Canyon Road, total of just under 9 miles. That junction is what messed my friends up. The signage wasn't as good when they hiked it and they turned south on the Pot Point Loop, instead of north. They hiked all the way to the other side of the PPL, turned right, and hiked uphill until they crossed Game Reserve Road. Not sure if that was Game Reserve Road, they backtracked and missed the junction where they came into the PPL. They kept going all the way down the mountain and ended up bushwhacking back to River Canyon Road, where they were able to figure out which way took them back to the trailhead. They ended up hiking about 17 miles and ran out of water and daylight. Hey, I would love to join you in a group hike sometime. You have done a LOT of the same trails that I have and you probably know others that I haven't found. Glad I found your channel. Be careful and God bless.

Amanda, this post is awesome. As much time as I spend in Chattanooga, I never knew there was a "Burger Week." I come down for the Santa Claus Pub Crawl but I have never known about Burger Week. Until now. Thank you so much. I will say that my favorite burger is the Dr. Gonzo from Jack Brown's. Add a fried egg. Haven't been there in a while, I assume they still have it. Mmmm. Thanks for this post and God bless.

I know this is 2 years old, but wow! Great information! I’m a just-beginning lavender and flower farmer. It was great hearing their thoughts! I often paused the video to look up things as you were talking. Thank you!

Hey Amanda, Preacher here. Honestly, you didn't miss as much as Adam might think you did. Raising Cane's is chicken tenders. They're good but they're still chicken tenders. How much can you do with that? The place y'all ate looks better anyway, more variety. Can't beat a good burger and/or wings. Have y'all ever been to Big South Fork? Lots to do there. Good camping and hiking. Highly recommend.

Amanda, I just found your channel yesterday and, from someone who has hiked all over Chattanooga and the surrounding areas for the past 40 years, I love your vlogging. On this subject, I know you limited this to three but I have to say, how could you leave out Snooper's Rock in Prentiss Cooper? Likely because you were focusing on showing the city, although it does to a certain extent. And I'll give you Point Park, although I love Sunset Rock just a mile to the south because it's basically the same view and less commercial. I would love to hike with you and any groups you might hike with sometime.

When you get to the junction with the "Waterfall 1 mile, Denny West, Denny East" trail sign, you really should take the Denny West trail sometime. It will take you along the bluff to the climbing walls below the overlook. Very scenic, plus you often get to see climbers doing their thing.

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one of my favorites as well. i like doing it best in the winter months when all the leaves are down and you can see farther. and it cools you off some after the ascent. i love the feeling of the cool air as you descent to the mouth of the cave after working up a sweat. when you enter the mouth of the cave if you go right and climb up the rocks you will exit out of Peters cave. Might be best to do that with friend when you do that, just in case you twist an ankle or something. You got a great picture at 6:36. Reminds me of a skeleton. Every time I get to that point I think, please dont let me slip and hit my tail-bone on that.

i just wanted to say that i am going through some hard times physically and emotionally, your videos have been a tremendous help. Thank you so much and keep doing what you are doing.

I love waterfalls!!! ❤❤❤

Never got on the Ocoee. Grandparents lived on the Hiawassee so i did that quite a few times. Wouldn't mind going back. I haven't been there in years. Miss those mountains.

Nice video! Loved the views.

Exploring! How r u?~like. you made beautiful job! farewell-

Hi Amanda. Thank you for the awesome info. I'm really excited to be visiting the area very soon, and my bike is making the trip with me! I wanted to get an idea about how long the trip out and back took you and your friend? I was thinking of adding the portion to Craven's house as well, but didn't want to take on more than I could handle. Thanks again.

A nice time. Very easy day trip from Chattanooga.

very nice trail

Im about to hit these trails, thanks for the info! Maybe ill cya out there

behind the scenes is so interesting.Nice job

What type of labels you apply on your white jars?

That's pretty cool!

Where y’all got out at is where put in and yes it is private property I live in that neighborhood it’s a good trip

Great job. No shame on hike a bike. Never give up and keep doing it!!!!! Had to sub. Very inspirational 👏

Beautiful place. Need to go sometime soon.

nice video, keep it up